Lexicon hedraios: steadfast, firm, immovable Original Word: ἑδραῖος Strong's Exhaustive Concordance settled, steadfast. From a derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by implication) immovable -- settled, stedfast. HELPS Word-studies 1476 hedraíos (an adjective, derived from aphedrōn, "a seat or base") – properly, sit (solidly-based, well-seated); (figuratlively) steadfast (firm), morally fixed; firm in purpose (mind); "well-stationed" (securely positioned), not given to fluctuation or "moving off course." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hedra (a seat) Definition sitting, steadfast NASB Translation firm (1), steadfast (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1476: ἑδραῖοςἑδραῖος (rarely feminine ἑδραια (Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1)), ἑδραιον (ἕδρα, seat, chair); 1. sitting, sedentary, (Xenophon, Plato, others). 2. firm, immovable, steadfast, (Euripides, Plato, others); in the N. T. metaphorically, of those who are fixed in purpose: 1 Corinthians 15:58; Colossians 1:23; ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ καρδία, 1 Corinthians 7:37. Englishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 7:37 Adj-NMSGRK: καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἑδραῖος μὴ ἔχων NAS: stands firm in his heart, KJV: that standeth stedfast in INT: heart of him firm not having 1 Corinthians 15:58 Adj-NMP Colossians 1:23 Adj-NMP Strong's Greek 1476 |